Chris Childs vs. Donovan Mitchell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donovan Mitchell and Chris Childs, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Chris Childs played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Donovan Mitchell, who played 7. Chris Childs had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Donovan Mitchell had his rookie season in 2017-18. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Chris Childs	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	53	19.3	5.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.2	2.0	5.3	.380	0.8	2.4	.328	1.0	1.4	.753
Donovan Mitchell	79	33.4	20.5	0.7	3.1	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.7	7.5	17.2	.437	2.4	7.0	.340	3.0	3.8	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Donovan Mitchell	11	37.4	24.4	0.8	5.1	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	2.9	3.2	9.3	22.1	.420	2.3	7.3	.313	3.5	3.9	.907

Season 3
	Chris Childs	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	65	31.9	9.3	0.3	2.6	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.2	2.8	3.3	3.2	7.8	.414	1.1	2.8	.387	1.7	2.3	.758
Donovan Mitchell	69	34.3	24.0	0.8	3.6	4.4	4.3	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.5	8.7	19.4	.449	2.5	6.9	.366	4.0	4.7	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	10	32.8	10.4	0.9	4.0	4.9	5.9	2.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	3.8	8.7	.437	0.9	2.6	.346	1.9	2.3	.826
Donovan Mitchell	7	37.7	36.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	4.9	1.0	0.3	4.1	1.6	11.9	22.4	.529	4.7	9.1	.516	7.9	8.3	.948

Season 4
	Chris Childs	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	68	23.5	6.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.6	2.2	5.2	.421	0.4	1.3	.310	1.5	1.9	.825
Donovan Mitchell	53	33.4	26.4	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.2	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.2	9.0	20.6	.438	3.4	8.7	.386	5.0	6.0	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	10	25.5	6.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.3	0.6	0.0	2.3	2.9	2.4	5.8	.414	0.4	1.3	.308	1.1	1.5	.733
Donovan Mitchell	10	34.6	32.3	0.3	3.9	4.2	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.0	10.5	23.5	.447	5.0	11.5	.435	6.3	7.6	.829

Season 5
	Chris Childs	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	48	27.0	6.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.0	1.8	3.3	2.4	5.6	.427	0.8	2.0	.383	1.3	1.6	.821
Donovan Mitchell	67	33.8	25.9	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	3.0	2.4	9.2	20.5	.448	3.5	9.8	.355	4.0	4.7	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	20	24.7	4.7	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	3.2	1.7	4.7	.355	0.5	1.4	.321	1.0	1.3	.731
Donovan Mitchell	6	38.2	25.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	5.7	0.7	0.5	2.7	2.3	8.8	22.2	.398	1.7	8.0	.208	6.2	7.0	.881

Season 6
	Chris Childs	Donovan Mitchell
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	71	23.6	5.3	0.2	1.8	2.1	4.0	0.5	0.1	1.5	3.4	2.1	5.0	.409	0.5	1.5	.356	0.7	0.8	.797
Donovan Mitchell	68	35.8	28.3	0.9	3.3	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.5	10.0	20.6	.484	3.6	9.3	.386	4.7	5.4	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	16	20.9	5.4	0.1	2.3	2.3	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	3.3	1.7	4.4	.386	0.6	1.8	.321	1.5	1.8	.857
Donovan Mitchell	5	41.4	23.2	0.6	4.4	5.0	7.2	2.0	0.6	3.8	2.8	9.0	20.8	.433	2.6	9.0	.289	2.6	3.6	.722

Season 7
	Chris Childs	Donovan Mitchell
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	77	24.1	4.7	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	1.8	4.4	.403	0.4	1.4	.302	0.8	0.9	.845
Donovan Mitchell	55	35.3	26.6	0.8	4.3	5.1	6.1	1.8	0.5	2.8	2.1	9.1	19.8	.462	3.3	9.0	.368	5.0	5.8	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Childs	12	31.6	9.1	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.5	1.0	0.3	2.9	4.0	3.1	7.5	.411	1.3	3.0	.417	1.7	1.9	.870
Donovan Mitchell	10	38.2	29.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	4.7	1.3	0.3	2.8	2.9	10.7	22.5	.476	2.9	8.2	.354	5.3	6.5	.815